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3.JONATHAN3
FIGGINS (WILLIAM2, JOHN1)
was born
September 1816 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.He married DELILAH GRIFFEN 4 November 1836 in St.
John, Hackney, daughter of JAMES GRIFFEN and ANN
TUCKER.She was born 1814 in Trowbridge,
Wiltshire.

Extracted birth or christening record
for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually
arranged
chronologically by the birth or christening date.

Source
Information:

Batch No.: Dates:
Source Call
No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:

C054781 1736
- 1874 943579Film 883777Film

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Below is the results of
searches made in the registers in Wiltshire, by Andy a cousin of John
Roberts.Both Andy and John are
decendents of the Figgins family.

The Figgins
Family

All Records
are taken from transcripts from the original parish records.

All spellings
are as we found them.

St James,
Trowbridge

Marriages

Searched from
1755 - 1812

20th
October 1796 - John
Figgins & Joannah Turner (both of the Parish)

25th
November 1802 - William
Figance & Frances Sheppard (both of the Parish)

17th
October 1824 - James
Burgess, son of Daniel & Mary Figgins (Tailor)

Church of the
Holy Cross, Seend

Baptisms

Searched from
1723 - 1812

13th
February 1774 - John, son
of John & Ann Figgins

30th
July 1775 - Jonathan,
son of John & Ann Figgins

25th
January 1778 - Henry, son
of John & Ann Figgins

2nd
January 1780 - Ann,
daughter of John & Ann Figgins

1st
June 1783 - William, son of
John & Ann Figgins

Burials

Searched from
1723 - 1812

4th
December 1797 - Jonathan,
son of John & Ann Figgins

Marriages

Searched from
1754 - 1837

29th
May 1763, John Gibbens &
Ann Bolwell both of Seend.

John,

Firstly, the
Figgins family all seem to tie together for both Seend & Trowbridge
making
them what looks like the only Figgins family in either Parish. The only
exception is Daniel, shown as the father of two children in Trowbridge.

In my opinion,
the fact that both William & Henry are shown as Figance in the
marriage
register but as Figgins (with the same partners) when parents of
children in
the Baptism records for St James signifies that they are the ones we
are
looking for.

Obviously the
most striking thing of note in that the first baptism we found was for
Jonathan, whose parents are William & Hannah. We were unable to
find a
marriage of William & Hannah so assume that the name is mispelt or
was
misread as it reverts to Frances
for the rest of their children.

Also you will
note that there are 3 Jonathans baptised to William &
Frances/Hannah on the
list, we didn't have time to check the burial register for St James but
hope
this should clear that one up, we will check this on a return visit.

Going further
back to the Seend records it was good to see that all three of the
marriages
found in St James, John, Henry & William appear to be brothers,
(which I
believe confirms the link between the Seend, Trowbridge and London
Figgins), as
you can see Jonathan, the fourth brother died age 22 without marrying.

We were unable
to find a record of Ann's marriage or death in Seend or St James,
Trowbridge
but will check the burial registers for Seend beyond 1812 and see if
this
yields any success.

Unfortunately
at this time it appears we only have 2 generations of Figgins living in
Seend
from 1774 until 1800ish. The one marriage we found in Seend is at best
a long
shot. If that is not them, and I suspect it is not we are kind of at a
loss. We
also know for certain that they didn't marry in St James, Trowbridge,
although
they may have died in Seend later than 1812, which we need to check.Is Searching the I.G.I for a John & Ann
Figgins in Wiltshire likely to yield any results?

Do let us know
what you believe to be the best angle of attack for our next visit.

4.EPHRAIM4 FIGGINS (JONATHAN3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born 4
January 1843 in City Of London,
and died 7 May 1909
in
Southwark Infirmary.He married (1) ELIZA
CUNNINGHAM 1 December 1862
in St Barnabas, St Luke, Middlesex, daughter of WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM and
ELIZABETH?.She was born March 1844 in Newington,
and died 9 March 1898
in KingsCollegeHospital,
Strand.He
married (2) ALICE POCKSON 30 May 1899 in St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey,
daughter of ALFRED POCKSON.She was born
Bet. January - March 1846 in Lambeth, Surrey,
and died
1906.

Alice Pockson
married John Cole in the Sept Quarter 1867. She hadeight children with John Cole. John died in
approx 1897 and Alice
then married Ephraim Figgins on May 30th
1899.
Her age would have been 53 then and
not 49 as stated on the marriage certificate.

No trace has
yet been found of Alices
family. Alfred Pockson her father was an undertaker and deceaced at the
time of
her marriage to Ephraim. He does not appear on the 1871 census!

NameAge
in 1891BirthplaceRelationship
to head-of-houseCivil parishCounty

Duffey, Luke84London
CityHeadSt LukeLondon

Duffey, Mary76Killarney, IrelandWifeSt LukeLondon

Duffey, Michael26St Luke Old Street,LondonSonSt LukeLondon

Duffy, Laurence28London
CityHeadSt LukeLondon

Morgan, Albert11Mile End, LondonVisitorSt LukeLondon

Morgan, Charlotte34Bermondsey,LondonBoarderSt LukeLondon

Above in the 1891 census,
possibly our
Albert Morgan and mother Charlotte, but no firm evidence. Laurence
Duffy's
occupation is a Hawker on the original census sheet. When Albert
married
Rebecca Figgins 10 years later he put his fathers occupation down as
Hawker on
his wedding certificate, but it also said that his fathers name was
Morgan!

The Duffey's (spelt
different) above
lived in the house next door and were also Hawkers. Possibly a
connection with
Laurence Duffy

We also have to ask is
Laurence Duffy,
Albert's Father? as he would have been 17 when Albert was born!!Not impossible, but more likelythat Charlotte
moved in with Duffy at a later date. (as this Albert was born in Mile
End)

It's a long shot , but
not a lot of
other evidence has been found so far.